Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CTV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188CTV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_018A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CTV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CTV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 1023.6.0225.2013 released on 2013-03-25.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Download size of the driver: 1046080 bytes (1,021.56 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 24018 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CTV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CTV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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